Moon's Odyssey by KS Augustin

Moon's Odyssey by KS Augustin

Author:KS Augustin [Augustin, KS]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Space Opera
ISBN: 978-0-9875441-5-5
Publisher: Challis Tower Books
Published: 2018-03-18T00:00:00+00:00


Chapter One

Moon Thadin hesitated before palming the door open. There could be anyone behind the opaque panel—a band of local thieves, their obstreperous landlord…a squad of Republic Security Force soldiers. Her open hand hovered centimetres from the sensor panel, then she slammed it against the plate. The door slid open.

The air inside was a cool and blessed contrast to the hot soup outside that masqueraded as an atmosphere. Tightening her grip on the small anonymous bag in her hand, Moon strode through the tiny living room, her steps slowing as she headed for the bedroom. Before she had even reached the threshold, she heard the laboured breathing, stuttering and wheezy in the still quiet.

Dammit, he’s not getting any better!

She shoved the errant thought from her head and deliberately relaxed her tense shoulders, sauntering into the room as if she didn’t have a care in the world.

“Is it my imagination or are you home early today?”

The raspy voice from the bed made her smile.

“It’s hot enough out there to melt a missile casing,” she replied, as casually as she could.

Srin Flerovs lifted his head to give her a weak smile, but it didn’t fool her. She saw the damp imprint he left on his pillow and the tendrils of hair plastered against his forehead, wet with his sweat. Walking towards him, she sat on the edge of the mattress, her expression serious.

“You had another seizure while I was gone, didn’t you?”

His grey eyes flicked away from her, toying with deception, before they focused again on her face.

“A little one this time,” he said. “Not as bad as the rest.”

“And you’re still lying,” she said with a sigh. She lifted the small bag in her hand and jiggled it. “I managed to find another benzodiazepine variant. Maybe we’ll have better luck with this one.”

Moon was surprised by how resigned her voice sounded, but Srin’s seizures had been going on for almost a month now, and despite her best efforts, his condition wasn’t improving. She was a stellar physicist—dammit!—not a biochemist, but she’d been forced to crash-educate herself in pharmacology ever since the escape from Lunar Fifteen. She had already bought medication from several pharmacies in an effort to concoct a mixture that would ease his pain, turn Srin from an overheated, shivering mess into the strong, calm man she’d fallen in love with. So far, she wasn’t having much luck.

“What’s it l-like out th-there?” Srin asked, jerking his head. His voice stuttered but Moon pretended not to hear. “I-I didn’t get a good look around when we landed.”

That was an understatement. Srin had been in the throes of spasms so bad she, and the reticent pirates who had shuttled them down to the surface, had been afraid that he was going to die right there and then on the landing pad.

Her voice was deadpan. “It’s hot.”

For her, losing Srin would have meant the loss of a soul-mate. For the pirates, it would have meant an added complication they didn’t need. They threw



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